Parading of a wounded elephant in the annual inter-state Navaratri idol procession which began from Thakkale in Kerala-Tamil Nadu border on Sunday, has triggered a controversy with animal rights campaigners holding that it was an act of cruelty to the animal.

Parading of a wounded elephant in the annual inter-state Navaratri idol procession which began from Thakkale in Kerala-Tamil Nadu border on Sunday, has triggered a controversy with animal rights campaigners holding that it was an act of cruelty to the animal.

Former Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan was stopped by Tamil Nadu Police today at the border town of Kaliyikkavila near Thiruvananthapuram. Mr Achuthanandan was on his way to Kundankulam to pledge solidarity with anti-nuclear protesters.

The Mullaperiyar dam, nearly 116 years old, is not unsafe, a committee of experts appointed by the Supreme Court has ruled. Located in Kerala on the Periyar river, but contractually bound by an old lease signed before independence to water the fields across the border in Tamil Nadu, the dam looms over the two states as a massive bone of contention...

A day before the DMK fast, protesters opposing Mullaperiyar dam on Sunday gheraoed Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O Panneerselvam and threw slippers at him near Kumili at the Kerala border after he tried to pacify them following a lathicharge to quell their demonstration, which left 50 persons injured, police said.

Hundreds of devotees of Lord Ayyappa from Tamil Nadu are being forced to cut short their pilgrimage to Sabarimala in Kerala due to violence on the other side of the border over the Mullaperiyar dam row. In the past couple of days, many pilgrims are reluctantly removing the sacred beads at local temples in Cumbum and Suruli and returning home.

Thousands of devotees bound to the Sabarimala temple were stranded on the inter-state border near Gudalur for over 20 hours on Monday as protestors in Kerala refused to allow vehicles from Tamil Nadu to enter the State.

Normal life almost came to a standstill along the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border for the first time on Monday since the latest row over the Mullaiperiyar dam broke out. Traffic blockades even at minor intersections, sporadic violence targeted at Malayali-owned commercial establishments and effigy-burning of Kerala CM Oommen Chandy and other politicians w...

Kerala Police Monday night issued orders banning any gathering of more than five people for three days in and around the border checkpost near here as protestors from Tamil Nadu and Kerala clashed over the Mullaperiyar Dam - a contentious issue between the two neighbouring states.